Harrow-sulky



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D. H. GLIDDEN;

- HARROW SULKY I No.289,405 Pa e ted-neet lmlsaak UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DARWIN H. GLIDDEN, OF BROOKLYN, WISCONSIN.

HARROW-SULKY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,405, dated December 4, 1883. Application filed May 23, 1883. (N0 modeLl To all whom it may concern i Be it known that I, DARWIN H. GLIDDEN, of Brooklyn, in the county of Green and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain Improvements in Harrow-Sulkies, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a sulky attachment adapted for use in connection with the various harrows commonly in use at the present day, whereby the attendant may be enabled to control the position and direction of the harrow at ease.

To this end it consists in a sulky-frame provided with a forwardlyextending arm adapted to be jointed to the front draft-bar of the harrow,with one or more levers, by means of which the rear end of the barrow may be raised or moved laterally, and with a seat for the attendant, all constructed and arranged in the peculiar manner hereinafter explained.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a top plan view of my machine. Fig. 2 is'a side elevation of the same, one of the main wheels being removed to expose other parts to view.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a horizontal axle mounted at its two ends in ground-wheels B. To this axle I secure,near the respective wheels, the rear ends of two bars or arms, 0, which are extended horizontally forward, and united at their forward ends. To their forward end I secure a dependent arm, D, the lower end of which is provided with a vertical journal, a, or an equivalent device, adapted to form ajointed or loose connection with the draft-bar or evener of harrow. Upon the rear ends of the bar 0, or upon the axle, I mount a drivers seat, E, and rigidly across the bar 0, in adyance of the seat, I mount a cross-bar, I), having upon its respective ends two hand-levers, F. Each lever is provided with a longitudinal rod, 0, passing through a corresponding eye on the end of the bar b, this arrangement .oonstitutinga jointed connection, which ad may be engaged to lock them in a horizontal position, if required.

In making use of my attachment the arms 0 are extended forward above the harrow H, while the wheels stand in rear of the same;

- The lower end of the arm D is inserted through I the draft-bar of the harrow,or otherwise jointed thereto in such manner as to permit the both of the hand-levers in corresponding eyes or bails, L, of an elongated form in a horizontal direction, applied for the purpose to the rear end of the harrow, and by properly manipulating the levers when thus engaged, may raise the rear end of the harrow to effect the discharge of obstructive matters therefrom or shift it laterally, as may be required.

The harrow represented in the drawings is of an ordinary form well known to those skilled in the art; but it is to be understood that my attachment may be applied with equal facility to harrows differing inform from that shown.

I am aware that harrows have been connected with wheeled frames in various forms, and I therefore make no broad claim to the combination of a harrow with awheeled frame and adjusting devices.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim isr 1, In a sulky attachment for harrows, the. combination of a wheeled axle, a drivers seat, a forwardly extending frame, 0, provided with a rigid depending arm, and two independentsliding hand-levers, F, connected with said frame by means of a rod, 0, and eyes I),

. as described, whereby the levers are permitted Witnesses:

J. WV. BLAIR, F. R. MELVIN. 

